Everything about Lulav totally explained
Lulav is a ripe, green, closed frond of the
date palm tree. It is one of the
Four Species (
arba'ah minim - ארבעה מינים) used in the daily prayer services during the
Jewish holiday of
Sukkot. The other species are the
hadass (
myrtle),
aravah (
willow), and
etrog (
citron). Each type of plant represents different parts of your body because it shows that you worship God with all of your body.
To qualify for use as one of the
Four Species, the lulav must be ramrod straight, with whole leaves that lay closely together, and not be bent or broken at the top.
The term
Lulav also refers to the
lulav in combination with two of the other species—the
aravah and the
hadass—that are bound together to perform the
mitzvah of waving the
lulav. These three species are held in one hand while the
etrog is held in the other. The user brings his or her hands together and waves the species in all four directions, plus up and down, to attest to God's mastery over all of creation. This ritual also symbolically voices a prayer for adequate rainfall over all the earth's vegetation in the coming year.
(See Four Species for the complete description and symbolism of the waving ceremony.)
The biblical reference to the four species in Sukkot can be found in Leviticus Chapter 23, verse 40. The etrog is referred to as "Citrus fruit" (Etz Hadar), and the Lulav is referred to as "Palm branches" (Kapot t'marim).
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